Apple Arcade has ushered in a groundbreaking era of gaming, unveiling an extraordinary collection of games meticulously designed for the cutting-edge Apple Vision Pro.
As the Apple Vision Pro continues to redefine work, collaboration, and entertainment, it now offers users a revolutionary gaming experience. According to Apple Newsroom, these spatial games, exclusively tailored for Vision Pro headset on the Apple Arcade platform, transcend traditional boundaries by seamlessly integrating digital content with the physical world.
The avant-garde visionOS fuels these spatial games, featuring a pioneering three-dimensional user interface and an input system entirely governed by users' eyes, hands, and voice.
Games like Super Fruit Ninja, where players can slice apples with hand gestures in a transformed living room dojo, and WHAT THE GOLF? allowing users to tee up shots on a whimsical home golf course, showcasing the unparalleled possibilities of this spatial gaming experience.
In Synth Riders, users delve into an audiovisual extravaganza, marking the beginning of an era where players are fully immersed in visually stunning game worlds, interacting with games in unprecedented ways, as expressed by Alex Rofman, Apple's senior director of Apple Arcade.
Changing the Gaming Landscape
Apple is spearheading this transformative gaming era, offering exclusive spatial games on Apple Arcade that leverage the unique capabilities of Apple Vision Pro, with plans to introduce additional magical spatial gaming experiences soon.
An additional offering, Game Room for Apple Vision Pro, recreates traditional tabletop classics like chess, hearts, and solitaire, fostering a lifelike digital game night experience. Developed by Resolution Games, Game Room supports up to four online players, showcasing Apple Vision Pro's capability to deliver realistic immersion in home environments.
Spatial games currently available on Apple Arcade include Game Room, WHAT THE GOLF?, Cut the Rope 3, Jetpack Joyride 2, Patterned, Illustrated, Wylde Flowers, Stitch., Synth Riders, LEGO Builder's Journey, Bloons TD 6+, and Super Fruit Ninja. Apple's ambition to pioneer spatial gaming is evident in these offerings, providing users with unprecedented ways to engage with games in their physical surroundings.
Arturo Perez, CEO of Kluge Interactive, the developer behind Synth Riders, emphasized the game's complete reconstruction "from the ground up" to deliver a more immersive experience, per Apple Insider. Perez highlighted that players can now interact with notes and rails using unique hand tracking and interactive effects, enabling them to feel the music in an entirely novel way, achieving a perfect blend of movement, visuals, and music.
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Additionally, Apple unveiled plans for a native Apple Vision Pro version of Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City, promising an exciting addition to its evolving spatial gaming portfolio.
(Photo : DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)Influencer iJustine wears her Vision Pro at the launch of the Apple Vision Pro at Apple The Grove in Los Angeles, California, on February 2, 2024.
Some Owners Reportedly Returning Their Vision Pro
On a different note, some Apple Vision Pro owners are returning the $3,500 mixed-reality goggles, citing comfort, usability, and motion sickness issues.
Despite Apple CEO Tim Cook's visionary description of it as the "beginning of a new era for computing," users have raised concerns about the device's lack of dedicated apps, resulting in reduced utility. According to The Independent, headaches and motion sickness complaints are common issues among AR and VR headset users.
Apple's acknowledgment of potential motion sickness effects for some users is indicated in the user guide for the Apple Vision Pro.
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